House Speaker Paul Ryan saved the day on Wednesday, catching a falling American flag during a press conference. Ryan was standing next to fellow House Representative Steve Scalise, R-La., who was speaking when the flag fell.

When the speaker noticed the flag falling, he grabbed it and pulled it back up the flagpole.

Upon the initial save, others rushed onto the scene to remove the flag from the stage as the event proceeded.

One person in attendance could be heard joking that Ryan “saved the Republicans.”

Earlier this month, Ryan reiterated that he would not make a presidential bid for the 2016 election, despite many speculating he would.

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“Let me be clear: I do not want, nor will I accept the nomination for our party,” Ryan said from the Republican National Committee’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Ryan said Wednesday that the Republican Party’s presidential nominee would be chosen “fairly and transparently” in accordance with the traditional convention rules.

“It’s going to be done fairly and transparently by the rules and that’s really all I can say because I just don’t know where this will go,” Ryan told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on New Day. Ryan will serve as the convention’s chairman.